JWS Hikes
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Long time independent, fiscally responsible, socially and environmentally liberal. Retired USAF. Trying to enjoy retirement, however the groundhog said 4 more years of insanity, so trying to do my part to end the madness.
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🚨🚨🚨 DONALD TRUMP IS A WAR CRIMINAL WHO MUST BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE 🚨🚨🚨
January 5, 2026 at 12:51 PM
🚨🚨🚨 DONALD TRUMP IS A WAR CRIMINAL WHO MUST BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE 🚨🚨🚨
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Our case challenging President Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship in front of the Supreme Court is one of the biggest cases of the century.
We’re fighting to preserve the very fabric of this nation.
We’re fighting to preserve the very fabric of this nation.
January 4, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Our case challenging President Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship in front of the Supreme Court is one of the biggest cases of the century.
We’re fighting to preserve the very fabric of this nation.
We’re fighting to preserve the very fabric of this nation.
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As a three time combat veteran, I get pissed when a five-time draft dodger like Trump bangs the war drums from Mar-A-Lago.
When politicians talk tough, it’s not their kids who get sent to war. It’s working class kids who have to fight.
When politicians talk tough, it’s not their kids who get sent to war. It’s working class kids who have to fight.
January 4, 2026 at 7:40 PM
As a three time combat veteran, I get pissed when a five-time draft dodger like Trump bangs the war drums from Mar-A-Lago.
When politicians talk tough, it’s not their kids who get sent to war. It’s working class kids who have to fight.
When politicians talk tough, it’s not their kids who get sent to war. It’s working class kids who have to fight.
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Thanks for sharing this reminder we now must all remind our representatives as soon and quickly as possible. Overwhelm their phones and leave messages!
The Epstein Files Transparency Act is a law, passed by Congress on November 19 with an overwhelming vote. Complying with it was not optional. The Department of Justice did not comply.
I want to make sure this is very clear.
I want to make sure this is very clear.
January 4, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Thanks for sharing this reminder we now must all remind our representatives as soon and quickly as possible. Overwhelm their phones and leave messages!
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Nixon insisted the bombing of Cambodia was just targeting Viet Cong outposts there and not meant to undermine its government, but the bombings destabilized the Lon Nol government and paved the way for the Khmer Rouge’s killing fields and the massacre of more than a million people.
NBC's sources said that "the potential mission in Mexico is not designed to undermine the Mexican government." But that's what it will do if the US is doing CIA drone strikes on Mexican soil over the objections of the president.
January 4, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Nixon insisted the bombing of Cambodia was just targeting Viet Cong outposts there and not meant to undermine its government, but the bombings destabilized the Lon Nol government and paved the way for the Khmer Rouge’s killing fields and the massacre of more than a million people.
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SO much chaos right now - don’t let this be forgotten.
(Call your reps)
NASA is closing its largest library this Friday with many important historical docs just being thrown out. (⁉️)
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and 🧵 from @denisedwheeler.bsky.social with more background below that)
(Call your reps)
NASA is closing its largest library this Friday with many important historical docs just being thrown out. (⁉️)
🎁🔗👇
and 🧵 from @denisedwheeler.bsky.social with more background below that)
January 4, 2026 at 3:11 PM
SO much chaos right now - don’t let this be forgotten.
(Call your reps)
NASA is closing its largest library this Friday with many important historical docs just being thrown out. (⁉️)
🎁🔗👇
and 🧵 from @denisedwheeler.bsky.social with more background below that)
(Call your reps)
NASA is closing its largest library this Friday with many important historical docs just being thrown out. (⁉️)
🎁🔗👇
and 🧵 from @denisedwheeler.bsky.social with more background below that)
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After the U.S. captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump made false and misleading statements about previous US strikes on Venezuelan boats and Maduro sending the gang Tren de Aragua to to the U.S. Here are the facts.
Fact-checking Trump comments on Venezuela attacks, Maduro
After the U.S. captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump made false and misleading statements about previous US strikes on Venezuelan boats and Maduro sending the gang Tren…
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January 4, 2026 at 3:14 PM
After the U.S. captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump made false and misleading statements about previous US strikes on Venezuelan boats and Maduro sending the gang Tren de Aragua to to the U.S. Here are the facts.
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Jeffries: "Donald Trump claims that he's going to run Venezuela. He's done a terrible job running the United States of America...The notion that he's going to run Venezuela and make life better for the Venezuelan people, of course, is belied by the facts as to what he's done as president here."
January 4, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Jeffries: "Donald Trump claims that he's going to run Venezuela. He's done a terrible job running the United States of America...The notion that he's going to run Venezuela and make life better for the Venezuelan people, of course, is belied by the facts as to what he's done as president here."
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When the news media say the U.S. attack on Venezuela “raises legal questions,“ that’s code for “the president is violating the law, but no one is going to stop him.”
January 4, 2026 at 12:12 PM
When the news media say the U.S. attack on Venezuela “raises legal questions,“ that’s code for “the president is violating the law, but no one is going to stop him.”
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I do have quite good sources in Venezuela, and tho some people are celebrating, most are locked up inside their houses, afraid of possible outcomes the coming weeks..
And Xi and Vlad watching and planning. That’s the point .. a world order (of law), it took 70 years to build post WW2.
Really MAGA?
And Xi and Vlad watching and planning. That’s the point .. a world order (of law), it took 70 years to build post WW2.
Really MAGA?
January 4, 2026 at 12:22 PM
I do have quite good sources in Venezuela, and tho some people are celebrating, most are locked up inside their houses, afraid of possible outcomes the coming weeks..
And Xi and Vlad watching and planning. That’s the point .. a world order (of law), it took 70 years to build post WW2.
Really MAGA?
And Xi and Vlad watching and planning. That’s the point .. a world order (of law), it took 70 years to build post WW2.
Really MAGA?
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One of the people the USA killed in Venezuela was Rosa Gonzalez, 80 who they blew up in her apartment.
Will you hear this on the European News?
I doubt it.
Will you hear this on the European News?
I doubt it.
January 4, 2026 at 11:32 AM
One of the people the USA killed in Venezuela was Rosa Gonzalez, 80 who they blew up in her apartment.
Will you hear this on the European News?
I doubt it.
Will you hear this on the European News?
I doubt it.
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Trump openly frames military force as a commercial acquisition tool. You can’t credibly argue limited self defense, LE action, narrow authorization, or emergency necessity while simultaneously describing infrastructure takeover, profit generation, corporate involvement, and follow-on strikes.
Trump: "We're going to have our very large United States oil companies go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure and start making money for the country. And we are ready to stage a second and much larger attack if we need to do so."
January 3, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Trump openly frames military force as a commercial acquisition tool. You can’t credibly argue limited self defense, LE action, narrow authorization, or emergency necessity while simultaneously describing infrastructure takeover, profit generation, corporate involvement, and follow-on strikes.
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Rep. Seth Moulton: "This is insane. What the hell are we doing? ... this is illegal."
January 3, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Rep. Seth Moulton: "This is insane. What the hell are we doing? ... this is illegal."
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L'Etat, c'est moi. That's where we are now. Trump acting like MBS, Putin, a monarch, where he and his family are enriching themselves by acquire/occupy/seize/rule/exploit Gaza, Venezuela, Greenland and what the f-ck Witkoff and Kushner are negotiating with Putin.
What are the odds the Trump Org already has six LLCs set up to use to enrich themselves through Venezuelan oil operations.
January 3, 2026 at 5:38 PM
L'Etat, c'est moi. That's where we are now. Trump acting like MBS, Putin, a monarch, where he and his family are enriching themselves by acquire/occupy/seize/rule/exploit Gaza, Venezuela, Greenland and what the f-ck Witkoff and Kushner are negotiating with Putin.
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Criminals are running the country, and it’s going to get even worse. Get active now to stop the dictator or regret it for the rest of your life.
January 3, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Criminals are running the country, and it’s going to get even worse. Get active now to stop the dictator or regret it for the rest of your life.
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Last night, Trump bombed Venezuela and kidnapped President Maduro and his wife. This is regime change, plain and simple, the kind of reckless military action that has dragged the United States into decades of endless war.
Demand accountability now: commondefense.us/actions/dema...
Demand accountability now: commondefense.us/actions/dema...
Demand Congress Take Action to Stop Trump’s New War
commondefense.us
January 3, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Last night, Trump bombed Venezuela and kidnapped President Maduro and his wife. This is regime change, plain and simple, the kind of reckless military action that has dragged the United States into decades of endless war.
Demand accountability now: commondefense.us/actions/dema...
Demand accountability now: commondefense.us/actions/dema...
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The chief requirement to be a Republican lawmaker is a willingness to deny reality. Here's Rep. Darrell Issa saying Trump won't run Venezuela a couple hours after Trump explicitly said he would run Venezuela.
Rep. Darrell Issa: "I'm sure President Trump having learned the lesson of Afghanistan and Iraq has no intention to tell them how to run their country. He has simply liberated them from a strongman."
January 3, 2026 at 7:43 PM
The chief requirement to be a Republican lawmaker is a willingness to deny reality. Here's Rep. Darrell Issa saying Trump won't run Venezuela a couple hours after Trump explicitly said he would run Venezuela.
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Trump just said the United States is "going to run" Venezuela until there's a transition of power — raising immediate questions as to whether he will order U.S. military deployments.
January 3, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
January 3, 2026 at 5:08 PM
It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
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This is illegal and unconstitutional. Congress should swiftly take action to rein in this regime but won’t because Republicans are cowards. So Dems should be loudly escalating opposition to the regime. No Kings, No Wars.
President Trump says the U.S. carried out a large-scale strike against Venezuela early on Saturday and "captured" the country's president, Nicolás Maduro.
More: nbcnews.app.link/r4oPSUpCCZb
More: nbcnews.app.link/r4oPSUpCCZb
January 3, 2026 at 1:37 PM
This is illegal and unconstitutional. Congress should swiftly take action to rein in this regime but won’t because Republicans are cowards. So Dems should be loudly escalating opposition to the regime. No Kings, No Wars.
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We can make jokes about the FIFIA Peace Prize but boycotting the World Cup seems like a pretty good start for a lot of countries
January 3, 2026 at 1:35 PM
We can make jokes about the FIFIA Peace Prize but boycotting the World Cup seems like a pretty good start for a lot of countries
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Good example of what every elected Dem and candidate should be saying loudly right now:
Tonight, the President of the United States has launched an unconstitutional war of aggression, dooming another generation to spill their blood for oil, and lay waste to a sovereign nation.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
January 3, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Good example of what every elected Dem and candidate should be saying loudly right now:
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How long until Maduro is pardoned in exchange for American companies' access to Venezuelan oil fields?
A reminder: just weeks ago, Trump pardoned a former Honduran president who was convicted in the U.S. of drug trafficking and sentenced to 45 years in prison.
A reminder: just weeks ago, Trump pardoned a former Honduran president who was convicted in the U.S. of drug trafficking and sentenced to 45 years in prison.
January 3, 2026 at 1:55 PM
How long until Maduro is pardoned in exchange for American companies' access to Venezuelan oil fields?
A reminder: just weeks ago, Trump pardoned a former Honduran president who was convicted in the U.S. of drug trafficking and sentenced to 45 years in prison.
A reminder: just weeks ago, Trump pardoned a former Honduran president who was convicted in the U.S. of drug trafficking and sentenced to 45 years in prison.